PHP using dirname(__FILE__) on non-dedicated server?

Question

Hi,

What I trying to do is to define a constant variable in a config file:

DEFINE("PATH", dirname(__FILE__) . "/");

So that, when I want to "include" or redirect, I could do this:

include(PATH . "filename.php");

or

header("location: " . PATH . "logout/php");

But when I try doing an echo of PATH, I get this result:

/home/myDOMAIN/public_html

Am I declare the constant wrongly? (To be honest, I copy that code from Wordpress config file)

Answer 1

I guess this is your path on the server side.

Answer 2

Update:

Try this:

// sets site path for inclusion of files
define ('PATH', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']));

More Info:

http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php

Answer 3

The __FILE__ magic constant contains a file system path, not a URL. You'd need to create two different constants, e.g. FS_ROOT for includes and WEB_ROOT for URLs.

In many cases, you already have a builtin value in the $_SERVER array that can help you. Run print_r($_SERVER) to find out.